Anthurium plant named ‘ANTHGLODIG’

ABSTRACT

A new Anthurium plant named ‘ANTHGLODIG’ particularly distinguished by having medium blistered and medium glossy, orange, orbicular-cordate, and durable spathes that retain the original color for a very long period of time, green and ovate-cordate, durable leaves, white spadices with greenish-yellow tips, early and rich flowering continuously throughout the year, and a plant height of 31.0 cm to 36.0 cm is disclosed.

Genus and species: Anthurium andraeanum L.

Variety denomination: ‘ANTHGLODIG’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Anthurium,botanically known as Anthurium andraeanum L., and hereinafter referredto by the variety name ‘ANTHGLODIG’. The new Anthurium plant is aproduct of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor inBleiswijk, the Netherlands. The objective of this breeding program wasto create a new plant with a height of 31.0 cm to 36.0 cm having mediumblistered and glossy, orange, orbicular-cordate, and durable spathes.

The new variety originated from a cross-pollination made in January 2011in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The female parent was a red Anthurium potplant designated ‘16148-09’ (unpatented), and the male parent was a redAnthurium pot plant designated ‘19279-01’ (unpatented).

A single plant was selected from the progeny of the stated cross inFebruary 2013. Asexual reproduction of the new variety by tissue culturein 2016 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, has demonstrated that the newvariety reproduces true to type with all of the characteristics, asherein described, firmly fixed and retained through successivegenerations.

Community Plant Variety Rights for this variety have been applied for inthe European Union on Nov. 12, 2019 (Application no. 2019/2950), byApplicant who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly from theinventor. ‘ANTHGLODIG’ has not been made publicly available or soldanywhere in the world prior to the effective filing date of thisapplication with the exception of sales or disclosures made one year orless before the effective filing date of this claimed invention byApplicant who obtained ‘ANTHGLODIG’ directly from the inventor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishingcharacteristics of this new variety when grown under normalhorticultural practices in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands:

-   -   1) Medium blistered and glossy, orange, and orbicular-cordate        spathes;    -   2) White spadices with greenish-yellow tips;    -   3) Green, ovate-cordate leaves;    -   4) Spathes that are positioned slightly above leaves; and    -   5) Spathes with a concave shape in cross section of middle zone.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

This new Anthurium plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographswhich show the overall plant habit including blooms, buds, and foliageof the plant; the colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtainedby conventional photographic procedures. The photographs are of a44-week-old plant grown in a greenhouse in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands,in May 2021. Colors in the photographs may differ from the color valuescited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describethe actual colors of the new variety.

FIG. 1 shows the overall plant habit, including blooms, buds, andfoliage.

FIG. 2 shows a close-up of the mature spathe.

FIG. 3 shows a close-up of the upper leaf blade surface.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

The following detailed description sets forth the distinctivecharacteristics of ‘ANTHGLODIG’. The data which define thesecharacteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out inBleiswijk, the Netherlands. The plant history was taken on 44-week-oldplants which were planted from tissue culture in 14-centimeter(diameter) pots and grown in a glass greenhouse between 19° C. and 24°C. Observations were made in May 2021. Color readings were taken under5000 lux natural light in the greenhouse. Color references are primarilyto The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London(R.H.S.) (2015).

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

-   Classification:    -   -   Family.—Araceae.        -   Botanical.—Anthurium andraeanum L.        -   Common name.—Anthurium.        -   Denomination.—‘ANTHGLODIG’.-   Parentage:    -   -   Female parent.—Anthurium plant ‘16148-09’ (unpatented).        -   Male parent.—Anthurium plant ‘19279-01’ (unpatented).-   Plant:    -   -   Propagation.—Tissue culture.        -   Root description.—Fleshy-creamy (RHS 160B) colored roots            with small hairy lateral roots having yellow (RHS 7A)            colored root tips.        -   Time to produce a finished flowering plant.—42 to 46 weeks            after planting in a 14-cm (diameter) pot.        -   Growth habit.—Upright.        -   Height (measured from soil, including inflorescence).—31.0            cm to 36.0 cm.        -   Width (measured from leaf tips).—32.0 cm to 37.0 cm.-   Leaves:    -   -   Immature leaves.—Length: 15.0 cm to 17.0 cm. Width: 7.5 cm            to 8.5 cm. Color: Upper surface: RHS 146A. Lower surface:            RHS 146B. Texture (both upper and lower surfaces): Glossy,            leathery, and thin.        -   Mature leaves.—Length (fully expanded): 17.0 cm to 20.0 cm.            Width: 9.0 cm to 10.0 cm. Shape: Ovate cordate. Apex: Narrow            acuminate. Base: Cordate. Leaf blade angle with the petiole:            Between 90 degrees and 100 degrees. Leaf margin: Entire.            Color: Upper surface: RHS 147A. Lower surface: RHS 146A.            Texture: Upper surface: Leathery and thick. Lower surface:            Glossy, leathery, and thick. Venation: Pinnate veining; the            mid-vein and primary veins (the veins that radiate out from            the junction of petiole and leaf) protrude at the underside            of the leaf blade. Venation color: Upper surface: RHS 144A.            Lower surface: RHS 144C.        -   Lobes.—Present. Arrangement: Leaf blade has two lobes            extending past the petiole. The lobes are non-touching.            Length of lobes of mature leaf blades: 2.5 cm to 3.5 cm.            Width of lobes of mature leaf blades: 3.5 cm to 4.5 cm.            Distance from petiole/leaf junction to highest point on            lobes of mature leaf blades: 3.0 cm to 5.0 cm.        -   Petiole.—Cross-section: Round. Diameter: 0.2 cm to 0.3 cm.            Length: 14.0 cm to 17.0 cm for a mature leaf size. Color:            Mature leaf: RHS 144A.. Immature leaf: RHS 144B Cataphyll            color surrounding the petiole: Outside: RHS 144B with a            touch of red (RHS 181B) toward the tip. Inside: RHS 145C.        -   Geniculum.—Length: 1.5 cm to 2.0 cm. Width: 0.3 cm to            0.4 cm. Color: RHS 144B.-   Inflorescence:    -   -   Arrangement.—Single.        -   Flowering habit (length of flowering season).—Continuous.        -   Number of inflorescences per plant.—6 to 8.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.        -   Longevity of inflorescence on plant.—Over a year.-   Spathe:    -   -   Buds.—The spathe is tightly rolled around the spadix and            extrudes from the peduncle sheath. After the spathe is fully            opened the peduncle elongates some extra centimeters.        -   Arrangement.—Spathe angle with the peduncle is between 90            degrees and 100 degrees; the spathe stands on a wiry            peduncle about 4.0 cm to 6.0 cm above the foliage.        -   Shape.—Orbicular cordate.        -   Apex.—Abruptly acuminate.        -   Base.—Cordate.        -   Texture.—Medium blistered and medium glossy.        -   Margin.—Moderately undulated.        -   Size.—Length: 12.0 cm to 13.0 cm. Width: 10.0 cm to 12.0 cm.        -   Lobes.—Present. Arrangement: The spathe has two lobes            extending past the peduncle. The lobes are non-touching.            Length: 1.5 cm to 2.5 cm. Width: 4.0 cm to 5.0 cm.        -   Color.—Just fully open: Upper surface: RHS 44B. Lower            surface: RHS 44D and darker orange (RHS 44C) toward margin.            This orange color remains for a very long period, at least            more than 30 weeks after opening. The spathe turns green            after some weeks.-   Peduncle:    -   -   Shape.—Erect.        -   Cross-section.—Round.        -   Length.—22.0 cm to 25.0 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.3 cm to 0.4 cm.        -   Color.—RHS 144A and lighter (RHS 144C) toward spathe.-   Flowering time:    -   -   General.—One small, rooted, untreated tissue culture plant            of 8.0 cm tall will flower, depending on the season, after            42 to 46 weeks and 6 to 7 blossoms appear. More blossoms            appear after some additional weeks so that a full flowering            and commercial plant will have 7 to 8 orange spathes.            Smaller blossoms may occur on immature plants.-   Spadix:    -   -   Size.—Length: 2.5 cm to 3.5 cm (depending on flower size).            Width (at apex): 0.7 cm to 0.8 cm. Width (at base): 0.8 cm            to 0.9 cm.        -   Shape.—Columnar.        -   Angle of spadix tip with peduncle.—150 degrees to 160            degrees.        -   Texture.—When the spathe is unfurling the spadix is smooth.            When the spadix matures, small stigmata protrude. The            stigmata are evenly distributed around the spadix. The            spadix matures from base to top, slowly giving the spadix a            somewhat rough appearance.        -   Color.—Immature: RHS 12A with a touch of RHS 153A at the            tip. Mature: RHS 158C. Ages to: RHS 153A.-   Flowers:    -   -   Quantity per spadix.—90 to 120.        -   Spadix flower arrangement.—Bisexual, rounded in            cross-section.        -   Shape.—Rounded.        -   Size.—Length: 0.05 cm to 0.10 cm. Diameter (maximum): 0.10            cm.        -   Color.—RHS 158C.-   Reproductive organs:    -   -   Stamens.—Not visible.        -   Pollen amount.—Absent.        -   Pistil.—Quantity: 90 to 120. Length: Less than 0.01 cm.            Color: RHS 158C.        -   Style.—Not observed to date.        -   Stigma.—Shape: Ovoid. Diameter: Less than 0.01 cm. Color:            RHS 158C.        -   Ovary.—Rarely visible.        -   Ovary color.—Not measured.-   Fruit and seed set: None observed to date-   Disease and pest resistance: No specific resistance or    susceptibility observed to pathogens or pests common to Anthurium    under commercial conditions to date.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL AND SIMILAR COMMERCIAL VARIETIES

‘ANTHGLODIG’ differs from the female parent plant ‘16148-09’(unpatented) in that ‘ANTHGLODIG’ has wider spathes than ‘16148-09’.

‘ANTHGLODIG’ differs from the male parent plant ‘19279-01’ (unpatented)in that ‘ANTHGLODIG’ has an angle of the spadix tip with the peduncle of150 degrees to 160 degrees, whereas ‘19279-01’ has an angle of thespadix tip with the peduncle of 170 degrees to 180 degrees.

‘ANTHGLODIG’ differs from similar commercial variety ‘ANTHFABLO’ (U.S.Plant Pat. No. 30,547) in that ‘ANTHGLODIG’ has green cataphylls,whereas ‘ANTHFABLO’ has red cataphylls. Additionally, ‘ANTHGLODIG’ haswider spadices at the base than ‘ANTHFABLO’.

‘ANTHGLODIG’ differs from similar variety ‘ANTHECWIE’ (unpatented) inthat ‘ANTHGLODIG’ has green cataphylls, ovate-cordate leaves, and mediumblistering of the spathes, whereas ‘ANTHECWIE’ has red cataphylls,elliptical-cordate leaves, and strong blistering of the spathes.

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Anthurium plant named‘ANTHGLODIG’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.